Pneumatic-tire covering



E. H. SIMONTON.

PNEUMATIC TIRE COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 11. 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

' i a i PNEUMATIC-TIRE icovnnrne.

T all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND H. slMON-' Ton, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing p at Gary, in the county of Deuel, State of SouthDakota, have invented a new and useful Pneumatic-Tire Covering; and I doI hereby declare the followlng to be a tull,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable'othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make andusethe same.

The invention relates to coverings for pneumatic tires and has for itsobject to provide means whereby an outer caslng may be disposed on theouter casing of a conventional form of pneumatic tire thereby protectingthe casing of the pneumatic tire and prolonging the life thereof. Thecovering casing may be a new casing, or a worn casing which has been onthe pneumatlc tire proper.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes 1nthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhatfis claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conven tional form ofautomobile wheel, showing the tire covering applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1. V

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of retaining flangeshowing the same formed in section. V v V 1 Figure 4 is a detailsectional view taken on line ll of Figure 3. 1

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a conventional formof automobile wheel and 2 the telly thereof. The

felly 2 is provided with a demountable rim 3, on which demountable rim apneumatic tire (l is disposed. The pneumatic tire 1 comprises the outercasing 5 and the inner tube It has been found. that when the casing 5becomes worn that blowouts develop and that it is necessary to secure anew casing.

To obviate this difficulty and to continue using the old casing, anoldtire casing 7, or a new tire casing-is disposed on the casing 5 andis held thereon by means of the flanges Specification of Letters Patent.jiaytgnte'd*Api- 1.922;; Application filed iebruaryl l, Seria l No. I iv Y 8 of rings 9, which rings are secured to the telly set the wheel bymeans of bolts 10., i

If a new tire casing 7 is used, as soon as the same becomes worn, it maybe placed in the position of the tire casing. 5 and a new casing placedon the outside. When this isdone the new casing will preventblowouts inthe weakened casing 5, thereby prolonging the life of the tire. 7 Rings9 have their flanges 11 outwardly disposed so that the peripheries ofsaid flanges will form a seat for the inner edges of the casing 7 sothat the clincher flanges 8 will engage over the beads 12 of the casing7 and securely hold saidcasing in place on the casing 5. w I f Casing 7is placed on the casing 5 when the tire 4t is deflated and after {heparts have,

been assembled with the tire in a deflated condition, the inner tube 6is inflated thereby forcing the outer periphery of the casing 5 intoengagement with the of t-hecasing 7.

The ring 9 shown inFigure' 3 is formed in segmental sections 9*, whichsections have their flanges 9 provided with offsetaperinner periphery'tured lugs 9 which overlie the ends of the adjacent flange 9 andthrough whichapeia tures the bolts 10 may pass for securely holding therings in place on the telly.

From the above it will be seen that an automobile tire covering isprovided, wherein the use of a conventional form of tire casingis'possible, thereby allowing old or new tire casings to be utilized fortire coverings in such a manner to prolong the life of the casing andalso allowing anautoist to obtain the maximum life service from eachcasing.-

The invention having been set forth is claimed as new and useful is Thecombination with a pneumatic tire carried by an automobile wheel, of atire what i covering for said pneumatic tire, said-tire covering beingformed from a tire casing disposed on the periphery of the pneumatictire and provided with clincher flanges, detachable clincher ringscarried by the telly of the wheel, said clincher rings having outwardlyextending flared annular flanges forming engaging bases for the clincherflanges of the tire casing, the outer'edges'of. the flared annularflanges terminating in (clincher members adapted to engage the clincherflanges'of the tire casing and hold said casing in position on thepneumatic tire, said clincher rlngs belng formed 1n sections,

the ring 7 sections being provided with in the ofiset portions of theends of the ring 10 flanges engaging the wheel felly, the ring sections.7

sections having one of their ends provided In testimony whereof I. havesigned 'my with an oflset portion provided with an apern-(une to thisspecification in the presence of tnre and forming recesses for thereception two subscribing witnesses.

of the non-offset portion of the adjacent ends EDMUND H. SIMONTON, ofthe other sections of the rings, said non- \Vitnesses r ofiset portionsbeing provided with aper- .7 E. L. LoHR,

tures adapted to register with the apertures L. A. LAKE,

